Hubei province in China sees 10 month cement output hit 91.21mn tonnes

In the first six months ended 31 December, 2015, Pakistan's cement market showed a yearly hike of 6.38% in cement shipments to 18.21 million tonnes from 17.12 million tonnes, according to All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association.

This was mainly due to local consumption which rose by 16.34% from 13.06 million tonnes to 15.2 million tonnes of cement. The figure is divided into the South and North sectors with an increase of 21.63% and 15.32% in cement dispatches recorded, respectively. The South ceme

Viet Nam Cement Industry (VICEM) has aimed to produce 22 million tonnes of cement and 17 million tonnes of clinker in 2016. It expects clinker and cement consumption will reach 24 million tonnes. This will result in a profit before tax worth VND 1.80 trillion (€73.57 million/US$80.3 million) and revenue worth VND 33 trillion.

Meanwhile, there was a cement surplus of 30 million tonnes in 2015.

Cement demand expanded by 9.1% from 2014 to 53.18 million tonnes in 2015. Cement output for 2015 stood at arou

According to the Price Management Department in Vietnam, cement output grew by 9.8% year-on-year to 11.58 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2014.

Demand rose by 6.7% to 10.23 million tonnes. Also, demand increased by 69.5% month-on-month to 1.92 million tonnes in March 2014.

Cement production expanded by 63.7% to 5.19 million tonnes.